A daily log of product changes, improvements, and new model releases on OpenRouter

Product changes

  • More SDK examples on model pages — Model page API tabs now include OpenRouter Python/Go and Anthropic TS/Go SDK examples, grouped by SDK category.
  • Activity explorer cache hit rate — Added cache_hit_rate metric to the Activity Explorer for monitoring cache performance across your requests.
  • Video generation webhooks — Video generation webhook payloads now include generation_id, model, and usage data for richer event handling.
  • Gemini caching guidance — Updated caching docs with more explicit guidance on caching behavior.
  • Stripe Projects integration guide — Published a guide for integrating OpenRouter via Stripe Projects CLI.
  • Spend display consistency — Spend values under $1K now consistently show 2 decimal places across all UI surfaces.
  • Auto Router docs link fix — Fixed the broken “Learn more” link on the Auto Router configuration page.
  • Mobile sidebar fix — Fixed mobile sidebar z-index so it correctly appears above page content.
  • Anthropic effort xhigh — The output_config.effort parameter now supports the xhigh level for maximum reasoning effort on Claude models.
  • Context management edits — Anthropic context_management.applied_edits are now passed through in responses, showing what context changes the model made.

New models